Letter 1921 September 6, Staten Island, N.Y. [to] Luther Brewer, Unknown / [Edwin Markham]. 1921.

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Letter 1921 September 6, Staten Island, N.Y. [to] Luther Brewer, Unknown / [Edwin Markham]. 1921.

Markham has a tender heart for writer Leigh Hunt and has read him for forty years now. He feels Leigh has taught him what poetry is all about. He discusses some of his works with Luther.

1 p. 1 leaf ; 26 cm.

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Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940

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California poet. Raised near Vacaville, became a schoolteacher in Coloma and later in Oakland. Became famous overnight with publication of "The Man with a Hoe," his protest against brutalization of labor, in "San Francisco Examiner" (January 15, 1899). Following this success Markham moved to New York where he scored another triumph with "Lincoln and Other Poems" (1901). He became a well-known reader of his own poems and lecturer of idealistic views, but his creative output for remainder of life ...

Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859

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English essayist and poet. From the description of [Letters] / Leigh Hunt. [1848-1856] (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 234302986 From the description of Criticism on female beauty : notes, ca. 1824. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122510755 Leigh Hunt moved from Chelsea to Kensington in 1840. From the description of Leigh Hunt, letter : Kensington, England : Autograph note signed, [1840?] Nov. 22. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record...

Brewer, Luther Albertus, 1858-1933

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Luther A. Brewer was an American publisher and president of Torch Press, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. From the guide to the Luther A. Brewer Correspondence, 1902-1920, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) ...